The Whole World is Burning (global wildfires)

[Innula Zenovka]

Which explains this:

Some of the trees in the olive groves there are, or were, over 1000 years old, and the groves have belonged to the same families for generations -- they're all small family-owned concerns, with the villagers forming their own agricultural cooperatives to buy shared equipment and to market and sell the produce.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

The largest fire burning in California right now is the Dixie Fire burning northeast of Chico (remember the fire that devastated the town of Paradise? Yep, same area). At 463,477 acres, it is the largest single wildfire in California history - a record previously set by the Creek Fire in the Fresno County foothills last year at 379,895 acres. The effects of the Dixie fire, however, are being felt all over the Western US, as huge smoke plumes blanket the region. The Dixie Fire has burned 589 structures, devastating the town of Greenville. It is only 21 percent contained.

 

[Beebo Brink]

Wildfires rampage through forests in Greece: ‘It’s a biblical catastrophe’

The scale of Greece’s wildfires has been breathtaking, with more than 100 breaking out across the country over the past few days.

www.oregonlive.com

 

[Beebo Brink]

Dixie Fire largest single California wildfire in state history

The Dixie Fire raging in the Sierra Nevada now has the notorious distinction of being California's largest wildfire in state history.

www.ktvu.com

It's the largest single fire in state history.... at least until next year's fire breaks that record.

 

[Beebo Brink]

Smoke from Siberia wildfires reaches north pole in historic first

Occurrence is first since records began and comes as Russian weather officials warn blazes are worsening

www.theguardian.com

 

[Beebo Brink]

I approve of this message. We stand no chance at all of surviving climate change if we aren't willing to face uncomfortable truths about the cost of our preparations.

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[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Beebo Brink]

Algeria forest fires: At least 65 people killed as fires spread

At least 65 people have been killed as the fires continue to spread amid an intense heatwave.

www.bbc.com

 

[Beebo Brink]

Siberia’s wildfires are bigger than all the world’s other blazes combined

Russia is fighting more than 190 forest fires in Siberia that have closed airports and roads, forced widespread evacuations and sent a pall of smoke across the North Pole. But it has abandoned dozens more fires covering thousands of square miles, with no effort to fight them.

 

[Beebo Brink]

Fires charring range set up ranchers for hardship in US West

LAME DEER, Mont. (AP) — Wildfires tearing through Montana and elsewhere in the U.S. West are devouring vast rangeland areas that cattle ranchers depend upon, setting the stage for a potential shortage of pasture as the hot, dry summer grinds on.

apnews.com

 

[Beebo Brink]

Welcome to the Pyrocene

We have created a planetary fire age. Now we have to live in it.

grist.org

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Grizzly Flats: the California town leveled by the Caldor fire – in pictures

Houses were reduced to piles of ash and cars to twisted metal as the blaze rushed through the El Dorado county town

www.theguardian.com

 

[Beebo Brink]

French Riviera wildfire not spreading but still uncontrolled

LE LUC, France (AP) — Firefighters have tamed but not fully controlled a huge wildfire blazing through the backcountry of the French Riviera, the top state official in the region said Friday. The prefect of the Var region, Evence Richard, told reporters that the fire was considered stabilized...

apnews.com

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Seems the liberal hoax called the “Caldor Fire” might take out Tahoe next.

 

[Sredni Eel]

All of the highways into and out of Tahoe are either closed or in absolute gridlock as people flee. Tahoe will be toast if the triple digit, high winds weather continues much longer.

 

[Sredni Eel]

Something mentioned in local news today is chilling:

The blaze — combining with the Dixie Fire burning farther north in Plumas and Lassen counties — has also dashed the decades-long belief that a wildfire could not cross the Sierra Nevada. Both fires crossed the Sierra and had burned more than 1 million acres combined by Tuesday morning.

“We haven’t had wildfires burn from one side of the Sierras to another,” said Cal Fire Chief Thom Porter. “We did that with the Dixie [Fire], now we have with the Caldor. Two times in our history and they’re both happening this month. So we really need to be cognizant that there is fire activity happening in California that we have never seen before.”

 

[Sredni Eel]

The Nevada side of the road is now under orders to evacuate. This came in three minutes ago:

 

[Innula Zenovka]

‘It’s heart-wrenching’: Greenville families return to scenes of devastation after Dixie fire

A photographer captures moments as residents return: ‘I’m doing what I can, which is to take pictures and have the story be told’

www.theguardian.com

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[Innula Zenovka]

Life at 50C: Heat hitting home in Australia

Cities like Sydney are already experiencing extremely hot days because of climate change.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Russia forest fire damage worst since records began, says Greenpeace

Analysis shows over 18.16m hectares were destroyed in 2021, an absolute record since satellite monitoring began

www.theguardian.com

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